ORD 088 ORDINANCE NO. 88
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 75, RELATIVE TO SUBDIVISION
DIRECTORY SIGNS AND DECLARING THE URGENCY
THEREOF.
The City Council of the City of La Quinta, does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2A, entitled Subdivision Directory Signs,
is hereby added to Ordinance No. 75 to read as follows.
SECTION 2A. SUBDIVISION DIRECTORY SIGNS.
Upon submittal of a Plot Plan application,
the Community Development Director may
approve an outdoor advertising sign which
is determined to be in compliance with the
following standards:
A. Type of Sign: Signs shall be limited to
those which identify the direction to or
location of residential subdivisions
which have ongoing sales activity for the
first-time sale of new residences.
B. Sign Area: No sign shall exceed 150
square feet in sign area, provided that
a lesser maximum sign area may be
established in conjunction with the
review of the Plot Plan depending upon
location, setback, visibility, traffic
safety and other appropriate factors.
C. Sign Height: No sign shall exceed
fifteen (15) feet in overall height
provided that a lesser overall height
may be established in conjunction with
the review of the Plot Plan depending
upon location, setback, visibility,
traffic safety and other appropriate
factors.
D. Location, Number, and Spacing of Signs:
Subdivision directory signs shall be
located within reasonable proximity of
the subdivision referred to therein.
No more than one subdivision directory
sign for each subdivision shall be
allowed within the City. No such sign
shall be located within 1000 feet of any
other such sign within the City.
E. Design of Sign: Plans submitted shall
identify proposed materials and colors.
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The review of the Plot Plan shall
determine the appropriateness of
of proposed materials and colors and may
require changes to them. Once approved,
no change may be made without securing
a new Plot Plan approval.
F. Sign Copy: Plan submitted shall identify
proposed sign copy. The review of the
Plot Plan shall determine the
appropriateness of proposed copy as
being directional only and other
compliance with these regulations and
may require changes to it. Once
approved, no change may be made without
securing a new Plot Plan approval.
G. Time Limits: Plot Plan approvals shall
specify that the sign is approved for a
period of time not to exceed six (6)
months, at which time the sign is to be
removed unless a new Plot Plan approval
for that sign has been secured. To
assure compliance with time limit,
Applicant shall, prior to issuance of
building permits, pay a cash deposit of
$500.00 to the City and shall enter into
an agreement which provides that:
(1) The Applicant will remove the sign
as required by regulation or
agreement;
(2) The City is authorized to enter the
property to remove the sign if the
Applicant fails to do so;
(3) The cash deposit is forfeited in
full to the City if the City is
required to remove the sign; and
(4) The Plot Plan for the sign shall be
null and void, the sign removed,
and the cash deposit forfeited if
the Applicant or his responsible
agents establish any other
unauthorized signs which advertise
their subdivision sales within the
city. Provided, however, the City
shall provide written notice of such
unauthorized signs and Applicant
shall have a period of seven (7)
working days to correct such
violations.
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H. Application Requirements: The Plot Plan
application shall include the following:
(1) Application fee of $75.00 and
completed application form.
(2) Three copies of sign plans
specifying size, height, copy,
colors, and materials.
(3) Three-dimensional site plans
specifying location of sign.
(4) Written permission of the owner of
the property on which the sign is
to be located.
If an Applicant has unauthorized signs
advertising its subdivision sales within
the City, all such signs shall be removed
prior to processing of his Plot Plan
application. The Community Development
Director shall notify an Applicant in
writing within seven (7) working days of
any such signs.
SECTION 2. URGENCY. This Ordinance is adopted as an
urgency measure pursuant to the authority of
Section 65858 of the Government Code of the State
of California, for the immediate preservation and
protection of the public safety, health and
welfare, and shall take effect immediately upon
its adoption and passage by at least a
four-fifths vote of the City Council. The City
Council finds and determines that there is a
current threat to the public health, safety and
welfare in that the City of La Quinta has
recently been incorporated and because large
unsightly off-site signs can create visual blight
contrary to the public interest, it is necessary
to restrict certain signs until a systematic
review and comprehensive analysis of signing
regulations, particularly those related to
outdoor advertising and related off-site signs,
can be completed. It is contemplated that from
such studies, which are soon to be conducted by
the Community Development Department, there will
emerge a new zoning proposal regulating off-site
signs for the City, and during the interim period
while this can be accomplished, it is essential
that the controls imposed by this Ordinance be
maintained, so that uses which would otherwise be
established and developed during the interim
period will not thereafter be in conflict with
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the contemplated zoning proposal and development
control proposal as aforesaid. The City Council
further finds and determines that it is necessary
to immediately provide, because of the seasonal
nature of subdivision tract marketing within the
City, for a method of approving subdivision
directory signs as an exception to prohibition of
off-site outdoor advertising signs.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF ORDINANCE. This ordinance
shall remain in effect until May 7, 1986 pursuant
to Section 65858 of the Government Code of the
State of California, unless sooner repealed or
otherwise modified, and subject to any extension
of the effective period duly enacted pursuant to
and in accordance with said Section 65868.
SECTION 4. POSTING. The City Clerk shall within fifteen
(15) days after the passage of this Ordinance,
cause it to be posted in at least the three
public places designated by resolution of the
City Council; shall certify to the adoption and
posting of this ordinance; and shall cause this
ordinance and its certification, together with
proof of posting, to be entered in the book of
ordinances of this City.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the La Quinta city council at a
regular meeting held this 21st day of January, 1986, by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Members Allen, Bohnenberger, Cox, Wolff,
and Mayor Pena. ~
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None. ' /~~M~ / '~
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
CITY ATTO CITY MANAGER
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF LA QUINTA )
I, FRANK M. USHER, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, do
hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and correct
copy of Ordinance No. 88 which was adopted at a
regular meeting held on the 21st day of January
1986, not being less than five days following date of
introduction. I further certify that the foregoing
ordinance was posted in three (3) places within the City of
La Quinta.
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